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Bradley, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the San Ardo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93426. It stands on San Antonio River. The Survey maps it on the Bradley quadrangle. 69 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.

Bradley within Monterey County

Then and now

1919 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bradley, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Bradley, surveyed 1919

Population over time

2 figures

Bradley fell from 93 to 69 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201093
202069-24 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Bradley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,783 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSIVILAY
9 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMOBIL OIL # 5
4 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHWY 101 #12
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitAERA #3
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitDIXIE
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003376
25 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use50 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMARTINEZ #3
24 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU 003681

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bradley: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bradley Ranch Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
California Kieselguhr Co.DiatomitePast Producer
Great Lakes Carbon Corp.DiatomiteProspect

Every working recorded in Monterey County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Nacimiento4.9 miles21
Valleton5.3 miles21
Wunpost5.7 miles24
Pleyto10.2 miles24
Pleyto (historical)10.4 miles24
San Ardo12.2 miles25
Bryson15.8 miles27
Lockwood16.0 miles25

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BradleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3306130The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660370. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.